Improvement in shoes



C, E. TYLER.

Improvement in Shoes.- NO. 114,067. Patented AprH 25,1871.

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Letters Patent No. 114,067, dated April 25. 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all to whom these presents may come Be it known that I, CHARLES E.TYLER, of Georgetown, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brogans, or what is termedby the trade as Plow- Shoes; and I do hereby declare the same to befully desoribedin the following specification and represented intheaccompanying drawing, of which- Figure 1 denotes a. side elevation ofa brogau constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a representation of the upper of the brogan as developed ona plane surface, or as it appears when out from a skin or piece ofleather.

Figure dis a side view of the upper as heretofore out, showing the extrapiece required in order to produce the requisite shape.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar mode of cutting andforming the upper of a brogan, whereby the same may be made of a singlepiece of leather and with but a single seam extending up the back of theheel; my invention involving not only a novel out, but the crimping ofthe front or toe portion of the upper in order to give it the properform and graceful outline required.

Heretofore manufacturers of brogans of this class of heavy work, inorder to get rid of the objectionable side seams and obtain the desiredform for the instep portion, have been obliged to form the upper in twopieces. This not only produces an .extra seam to abrade the foot of thewearer and injure the appearance of the article, but also increases thecost thereof.

My invention obviates all these defects, and enables the manufacturer toproduce an easy-fitting, neat, and substantial substitute.

, In fig. 1 of the said drawing- A denotes the upper;

B, the sole; and

G, the heel of a brogan made in accordance with my improvement.

In carrying out 'my invention 1 cut from a cowhide or other suitablekind of leather, and by means of a die or pattern, the blank or piece toconstitute the upper of the brogan.

This blank or piece is of the peculiar shape shown in fig. 2, in which0. denotes the vamp or front portion and b b the quarters or heelportion.

After the blank has been out or stamped from the hide or piece. ofleather, the front or toe end is to be dampened and drawn 'over a blockor former of the proper shape and crimped, in order to give the desiredcurvature to the vamp below the bottom d of the lacing-slit D.

After the blank has become dry or set, it is removed from the former andthe part 0, to form the lacing opening, is next out or stamped out togive the proper shape to the instep. Next the blank is folded.

- together in the line of the lacing-cpening, the portious b I) broughttogether and closed or united by r a line of sewing in the usual manner.

As all the remaining operations of finishing the brogan do not differfrom those ordinarily employed,-

no further description of them is deemed necessary.

Ha i'ing described my invent-ion,

What I claim is-- l. The improved brogau or heavy high-quartered shoe,having its ripper formed of a single piece of leather, shaped andconnected in manner as described, the said upper having the front or toeportion thereof crimped in order to give the desired curve or contour,as set forth.

2. An upper formed ofa single piece of heavy leather, suitable for themanufacture of the class of coarse high-quartered shoes known asbroga-ns or plow-shoes, when the front or toe portion of said upper isorimped, as and for the purpose specified.

- CHARLES E. TYLER.

Viitnesses F. P. HALE, F. O. HALE.

